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Kumar
Asked: 2010-02-01 21:50:20 +0800 CST

How to use grep commend with variable

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How can i use grep commend with variable ?

  • I stored ' Feb 1 ' (future it will be changeable) to variable 'date'.
  • Now i want to grep this variable 'date', How can i do this ?
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  1. Best Answer

    This should work:

    DATE='Feb 1'
grep "$DATE" [filename]

    You need to put quotes around it because of the space in your variable.

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